Coupling device



luly 22, 1930. Q KAHLE 1,771,125

COUPLING DEVICE Filed Aug. 2 8, 1929 rammed July 22,1930 1,771,125

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLAY O. KAHLE, F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON COUPLING DEVICE Application led August 28, 1929. Serial No. 388,964.y

This invention relates to coupling devices Inserted through said' aperture for bearand has particular reference to apparatus of ing engagement to respective end sockets 11, this character for securing a fishing line to 12, are beads 17, which may be of glass and the tackle. of preferably spherical ball shaped config- 6 The object of the invention, generally, is uration. Axially projecting through said 55 to rovide a simplified efficient cou ler for beads, in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, rea ily engaging fishing lines and tackle with are rthe shanksl 18 of rod shaped links 19, advantages in the way of independent oscilthe extremities thereof being suitably eX- latory motion not heretofore possible. panded as by heat welding, into barb head A specific object is the arrangement of. abutments 20, 21 at respective ends. 60 novel means whereby an improved coupler In modified structure therefrom, (Figs. 5 is provided which may be readily assembled and 6) I provide selective lflexible looped cordv or dismantled in the facilitating of repairs, link forms which may comprise either a tweor in the desired use by an operator of selecstrand shank 22 having the ends 23, 24 knotl5l tive various link assemblages. ted interiorly of the barrel to present a loop 65 With the foregoing and further objects 25 at the exposed end,k or a single-strand and advantages in view, I provide an imshank 26, knotting the end 23, within the enproved barrel housing construction accomclosedbarrel and looping the end 2f1exteriormodating a plurality of novel ball and assoly thereof. y ciated link structures arranged for socketed Fig. 7, illustrative of a further form of seuse selectively therewith consisting in the curement may'comprise a fish line extremity novel construction, adaptation and combina- 27extending through the bead, the projecttion of parts hereinafter described and' ing end being knotted within the housing bafrclaimed. y rel enclosure. A hollow metallic ball 171 is In the drawing, shown in Fig. 8, whereby the line is passed 75 Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved through diametrically oppositely disposed coupling, comprising the novel housing illusapertures, knotted, and redrawn through the trating one form of ball and link; Fig. 2 is larger opening 28 to bear against the inner a longitudinal vertical section thereof; Fig. peripheral wall 29 of the ball. 3L* 3is a detail plan of the housing, and F ig. 4 The plurality of structures described ad- Si? isa perspective of aspring clip closure. Figs. mits of an operator employing selectively, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are detail sections, embodying the desired form best seen to approximate a plurality of varying forms of ball and link the preferred stress. f structures; and F ig, 9 is a plan of a modified A modified housing 101 is indicated in Fig. form of housing. 9, wherein a tube is crushed at one end and an 85 Reference being had thereto, the preferred annulet 30 struck therefrom, the opposite form of housing comprises a barrel shaped end being socketed, as at 121 with the slot sheath 10, being a cylindrical tube having opening 131 feeding thereto. the opposite ends thereof crimped converg- In operation, the spring clip or sleeve 16 1s ingly into socket extremities 11, 12, and as f removed from the housing `10, and the preillustrated, providing substantially midway ferred ball' and link inserted through the of the length, an apertured slot opening 13. aperture, to be disposed in socketed engage- The housing 10 is further formed with a. ment to the barrel extremities. The sleeve circumferential groove 14, adaptably pro- 16 is sprung within the groove to enclose `the vided by peripheral flange portions 15 disapertured opening, the line and tackle -berng 95 posed adjacent the opposite ends, said secured, as by a. half-hitch, about respective grooves being adapted to have suitably exposed securing link portions. sprung thereabouts, a metallic spring sleeve If desirable, lubricants may be rinserted 16, in sealing engagement to the aforesaid within the barrel.

w aperture 13. 1 The structure presented provides an oscil- 100 latoryvv swivel universal action between ball and socket members and` supplemental rotative movement ot the securing link shank n each ot said sockets, links. projecting axrotative moveto secure said links ent from said beads, annular fl n :ed at opposite sides of said aperture on said housing, a sit-ring clip encasingl said limw ig between said anges, and met. ok ov'ded bv said links jfor securing ends of a complementary iishline and tackle hereto.

Q. ln a coupling device, a housing having an anerture in the Wall and sockets at opposite ends thereof, soherical beads adapted to be inserted through said aperture into engagement With each o'l said sockets, links rotatably secured to said beads, means to seal said aperture, and means provided by said links for securiimr ends of a complementary fishline and tackle thereto.

In a coupling device, a housing providing an aperture in the Wall and a socket in t ie end, said aperture being adapted to the reception therethrough ot a bead for bearing engagement to socket, means to seal said aperture, and means carried by said bead Jfor securing the same with respect to a line.

in In a coupli devise, a housing providing an aper and a socket, ball means inaperture for swivel engagement im )ect to the socket, means to seal said ag an( means to secure said ball means vfith respect to a line.

5. A device coupling a fishline to the tackle con 'ng' balls arranged' for oscillator;v nioement Within a socketed housing, line engaging means adapted t'or insertion tric-all;v throrgh said balls for controlmovement, and means to fing mea against axial iallv through said bea ment therein, means aga ist disloda" i# tf tue balls. 6 Ln a couplir'r device, the combination of l means constituting a ball jot; f swivel activity with resi i et said housing, and line engi ojecting diametrically thi' l, said ine engaging means day of August, 1929.

CLAY O. KAHLE. 

